The overall goal of the module is to train educational personnel to enlist family support in helping the young handicapped child realize his fullest educational potential. It was designed for use in training special education personnel without regard to categorical designations, and focuses on situations common to most handicapped children and their families. Several premises are basic to this module: (1) parents of young handicapped children play a major role in both the educability and the education of their children; (2) the role of parents in the education of handicapped children may become even more critical in the future as society moves from institutionalization of handicapped children to community-based programs; (3) parents have knowledge, insight, and ideas about their children needed by the school; (4) parents are often willing and eager to help their children's educational development; and (5) the school cannot affort to ignore the role and contribution of the family nor can it limit itself to complaints about insufficient parental cooperation. The module directs educational personnel through a program involving pre-assessment, readings, observations, interviews, discussion, and post-assessment, all directed toward understanding the parents of handicapped children. A short paper is included on the field-testing of the module. (MM)